Southampton were founded in 1885, originally named St Mary's Y.M.A the club became a limited company in 1897 and officially became known as Southampton F.C. Also known as the Saints their home ground is St Mary's Stadium.

The clubs glory years were in the late seventies and early eighties, Lawrie McMenemy became manager of the club in 1973. McMenemy is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as one of the most successful managers in the English League, he guided them to an FA Cup win against Manchester United in 1976 and they finished second in the League in 1984. Footballing legends like Kevin Keegan and Peter Shilton played for Southampton during this period.

One of the most famous players at Southampton has to be Matthew Le Tissier, he joined the club in 1985 and played his entire professional career at the club, finally hanging up his boots in 2002. Le Tissier played for England eight times, but it was his loyalty to the Saints that gained him respect in the footballing world, he scored 209 goals for the club and made an incredible 540 appearances – it's fair to say the fans love Le Tissier naming him “Le God”.

The Premier League started in 1992 and Southampton were one of the clubs playing in this new league, however, they spent season after season battling to avoid relegation. Last season was no different and the clubs decision to keep selling their top players could well see them fighting to stay in the top flight again.

Premier League Betting Opportunities With Southampton FC

Southampton to Avoid Relegation

Southampton narrowly avoided relegation last season. Even though Mark Hughes has brought in new players, they do not look like a team that will be up in the top half of the table.

Danny Ings Top Goal Scorer Southampton

Danny Ings will be looking to Kick Start his career with his move to Southampton. Providing he has no injuries he will be a good bet for top goalscorer.

First Manager to be Sacked

Mark Hughes did a great job at turning the Saints around last season. But with other clubs spending huge money it looks like Southampton will find it tough and Hughes could be a contender for first manager to be shown the door.

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Odds on Mark Hughes being the first Manager to be Sacked. (Paddy Power) updated 15th August 2018.

Southampton Stats

Key Players & Betting

Danny Ings

Striker

Danny Ings moved to Southampton on the final day of the transfer window. Ings has been plagued with injury over the last few seasons and found it hard to get playing time at his last club Liverpool. He started his career at Southampton in the youth team and went onto become player of the year at Burnley scoring 22 goals. He will be looking to kick-start his career and with more match time he could well be top goalscorer for Southampton this season.

Alex McCarthy

Goalkeeper

Alex McCarthy was named Player of the Season, after he secured the permanent position on the 30th December 2017. He featured in every game from that point on and had a truly spectacular season, some would say that he single-handedly kept Southampton in the premier league.

Maya Yoshida

Defender

Yoshida plays centre back for Southampton and joined the club in 2012. Since the departure of van Dijk in the January window last year he has been an integral part of the squad. He has 88 International caps to his name and had a great performance in the 2018 World Cup playing for Japan. He finished last season with six clean sheets to his name and the Saints fans will be looking to him to carry this form into the new season.

Southampton FC 17/18 Season

Southampton has built a reputation for selling many of their best players and they very nearly paid the price for this last season. New manager Mauricio Pellegrino was struggling to get the best out of the team and the ongoing saga with Virgil Van Dijk finished with him leaving the club for Liverpool in January. After winning just one game out of seventeen league matches and with just eight games left to the season Pellegrino was sacked.

Mark Huges was promptly brought in to turn things around, this was a tough task to turn things around so quickly. But Hughes did a tremendous job and saved the club from relegation, players who were underperforming quickly lifted their game and with players like Alex McCarthy making some incredible saves Southampton beat Swansea in the very last game of the season to stay in the premiership.

Goal Of The Season 2017/18

Iconic Southampton FC Kits

Southampton 1976

FA Cup Winners

This is a kit that will always be a firm favorite with Southampton fans, Lawrie McMenemy's men won eighteen home league matches. But that was eclipsed by beating the mighty Manchester UTD in the FA Cup final. No one gave them a chance in the build-up to the match but Bobby Stokes banged in the winner on the 83rd minute.

Southampton 2017

EFL Cup Final

This was the Third Kit used by Southampton in the 2016/17 season, the team named it their lucky kit and in the build up to the final, there was even a press release saying they were to play in their lucky kit. Sadly their luck ran out that day at Wembley, it was the second time the two teams had met at a Cup Final and even though UTD were the victors. The fans were treated to an epic game with five goals.

Southampton 2018/19

New Home Kit

Southampton stayed in the Premiership by the skin of their teeth last season, finishing 17th and taking it right to the last game of the season to hold on for dear life with a win against Swansea. Mark Huges was brought in to turn things around and his no-nonsense style certainly had an impact at the club. Things are looking a lot better for the Saints this time around with some solid signings made by Hughes.

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